Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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14.4 Centrifuge
Conrad
We didn ' t miss the centrifuge at al l. The fact that
we didn't go, I didn ' t feel that I wae1 left out of
anything.
Cooper
No, I don't think we missed a thing wi th the centri­
fuge.
Conrad
I think you should ride it, you know, a time or two
or something like that.
Cooper
I think if nobody has ever ridden cen·;rifuge-­
Conrad
• . ..boost profile or reentry profile :.s worth running
a coupl e of nominals in your shirt sl eeves.
I don't
think you need instruments or anything, but-­
Cooper
I think if no one has ever ridden one before I think
it is worthwhile they ride the centri::uge just to get
the feel of what it is like. But, so far as-- you
never even feel those g's.
You don't even know you'.ve
got g's. You are so busy doing thing13 and you're
just "clickt y-cli ckty-cl ick." You don 't notice them
at all .
And that l evel of g is not enough to even
worry about.
14.5 Translation and Docking Trainer
Conrad
The tracking tests that we did on the Agena, you know,
for the camera, was real good.
I diQ1 1 t do the one
up in Denver but the one in the Agena was real good,
up to, and of course we woul d onl y get up as far as
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